Effects of dietary supplementation with flax during prepuberty on fatty acid profile, mammogenesis, and bone resorption in gilts

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1675-1686

  Farmer, C ^a   Petit, H V ^a   Weiler, H ^b   Capuco, A V ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone resorption; Flaxseed; Mammary development; Mammary gland; Pig; Prepubertal female

Indexed keywords

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; SUIDAE;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE I TRIMERIC CROSS LINKED PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE I TRIMERIC CROSS-LINKED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACID; PEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLAX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE; UDDER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BONE RESORPTION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FLAX; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PEPTIDES; PROLACTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

EID: 34547241574     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0022     Document Type: Article

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